Phyllanthus Mirabilis Caudex Bulb

Phyllanthus mirabilis is a caudiciform shrub with a swollen base and leaves that fold at night. Every morning, it opens for business. By evening, it has shut the office and gone home, leaving you to wonder whether your email could have waited. Its caudex stores resources between growing spells, while the small leaves give the plant a surprisingly delicate outline above that solid base. The day-and-night movement is a real plant response, not a mood you caused. It is a strange little clock with roots and considerably better boundaries than most of us.